Safety-razor.



PATENTED JULY 7, 1908.

H. s. BUGKLAND. SAFETY RAZOR. APPLICATION FILED MAR.4,1907,

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full, clear, and exact descri PATENT OFFICE HORACE S. BUCKLAND OF FREMONT, OHIO.

SAFETY-RAZOR.

Specification of Letters I'atent.

Patented July 7, 1908.

Application flledllarch 4, 1907. Serial No. 360,483.

T all whom it may concern:'

Be it known that I, HORACE S. BUCKLAND, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Fremont, in the county of Sandusky and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Safety-Razors; and -I hereby-declare the'followin to be a tion oft e invention, such-as will enable at art to which it-pertains to make and use the same.

has'for its object to so construct the My invention relates to safety razors, and uard plate and clamp as to firmly retain the lade 1n lace and to accommodate blades the bac s whereof are of varylmg thickness; to provide a construction w erein'a clamp of i the general-form of a cam lever may be utildefined as consisting of -ized in such manner as to grip the blade between itself and the correspondin portions of the guard plate without disp acing the blades; to provide means whereby the combined clamp and cam lever may a conveniently operated to permit of theclampmg 0g 0 r a blade H1 position and the ready remova the blade from the rece tacle formed between the guard plate an clamp. A further object of the invention is to provide a construction for accomplishing the above results which shall comprise a minimum number of parts, enabling the guard and clam to be readily cleaned.

--Genera y speaking,

the invention may be the combinations of elements embodied in the claims hereto an- Figure Ire In the drawings forming a part hereof, resents a side elevation of arazor constructe -in accordance with'my invention; Fi 2 represents a front elevation of the same; F'g. 3 a top plan viewthereof; and Figs. 4 and 5 transversesectional views of said razor showingthe cam lever which forms the clamp in looking and unlocking positions respectively, the handle being shown mainly in elev tion.

The omplete razor comprises ahandle 1, guard plate .2, clamp 3, and blade 4. Between the ,point of connection with the handle and the front edge thereof, the guard late is bent upwardl at 5 to form a-seat or liearing for the bla e 4. Beyond and in front of portion 5, the guard plate is provided with teeth 6. The guard plate projects considerably'to the rear of the point of connection, therewith of the handle and iaprovided ers skilled in the to pivots at the rear edge thereof with an integral upturned retaining flange 7, the distance between said flange and the front edge of the guard plate being sufficient to accommodate therebetween a razor blade of the desired or standard width, flange 7 constituting a stop or positioning device/adapted to engage the rear of the blade and hold the edge thereof in proper relation to the teeth 6-.

The guard plate is provided at opposite point of connection'of the handle therewith with upwardly projecting ears 8, each of said ears being provided with a circular perforation 9,- adapted to form bearings for the pivots 10 of the cam lever or clamp 3. hese pivots project from opposite sides of the clamp or lever intermediate the front and rear ends thereof and preferably closely adjacent to the rear end of the clam or 'lever. Clamp 3 extends forwardly mm the pivots a suflicient distance to enable the front edge portion 11 thereof to engage the blade 4 at a short distance behind-the edge thereof and to clamp such portion of the blade firmly between itself and the subjacent portion 5 of the guard late. At a short distance to the rear of t e pivots 10, the plate of which the clamp 3 is formed is bent at substantially right angles to the body thereof to form a ange 12 which is adaptedto engage the upper surface ofthe razor blade and-assist 1n ormin a firm retaining means for said blade. his flange is formed at the rear of and closely adjacent 10. The length of said flange is somewhat greater than the normal distano'e between the'upper surface of the razor blade and the apertures 9 in the ears 8 whereby, on swinging the clam downwardly from the position shown in i 5 to the locking position shown in Fig. 4, t e end of flange 12 will engage the upper surface of the blade, the rear end portion of'said blade being normally su%ported by the upper end of the screw 13. or convenience of operation, clam) 3 is provided with a pair'of down- -wardy extending ears 14, pro'ecting from opposite sidesthereof and prov ded at their lower ends with angular extensions 15 adapted to be grasped by the operator. .The ears 14-extend on op osite sides of the blade 4 and; the guard p ate 2; With the parts arranged and constructed as above described, itwill be ap arent that I have produced asafetyraz'o'r' wherein blades sides thereof and preferably in line with the there being but. three parts to the razor clainp tain the blade in proper angular adjustment plate. On swinging the clamp from the position shown in Fig. 5 to that shown in Fig. 4, the frictional engagement of flange 12 with the upper surface of the blade will tend to move the latter'rearwardly, but suchmovement. is resisted and prevented by flange 7. hen the clamp is swung down to bring the front portion 11 thereof into operative relation to the blade, the lower end of flange 12 has swung beyond (to the rear of) the pivotal connection of the'clainp with the ears 8, and the blade is firmlyheld by front edge 14: of the clamp and subjacent portion of the guard and by screw 13 and v flange 7. I The location of the pivots 10 in 1 front of flange 12 makes the cam lever or clamp form a firm engagement with the up j per surface of the blade at two points and 1 automaticallyholds or locks the clamp in such engagement without liability to the release of the blade through accidentally raising the clamp, it being necessary to apply considerable force to the clamp through the operating extensionslS of ears 14 before the can be disengaged from the blade. Owing to the simplicity of construction,

with respect to the front edge of the guard clamping means (guard plate 2, clamp 3, screw 13) the parts are easily cleaned.

I claim:

1. In a safety razor, the combination of a guard plate having at one edge thereof a plurality of teeth and at the opposite edge an integral upwardly projecting flange, and a clamp cooperating with said guard plate, said clam comprising a cam lever pivotally associate with said plate and having thereon two spaced surfaces adapted to engage a razor blade, substantially asspecified.

2. In a safety razor, the-combination of a guard plate having at one edge thereof a plurality of teeth, and a clamp cooperating with said guard plate, said clamp comprising cam lever pivotally associated with said plate and having thereon two spaced surfaces for engaging a razor blade, substantially as speci- 3. In a safety razor, the combination of a guard plate having at the front edge thereof a plurality of teeth and means engaging the under surface of the rear portion of a razor blade, and a clamp cooperating with said guard plate and having afront portion adapted to engage a-razorblade ant another porsea'roe tion adapted to en age said blade between the front portion of the guard plate and the blade-enga ing means of said guard plate, substantially as specified.

4. In a safety razor, the combination of a guard platehaving thefront edge thereof provided with a plurality of teeth and having the rear portion thereof depressed below the plane of the front portion, an adjustable support carried by the rear portion of said plate and adapted to engage the lower surface of a razor blade, and a clamp pivotally associated with said guard plate and adapted to be moved into engagement with the upper surface of said blade adjacent the edge thereof and between the clamp pivots and the adjustable support, substantially as specified.

5. In a safety razor, the combination of a guard plate, a clamp pivotally connected with said guard plate intermediate of the front and rear thereof, said clamphaving two portions or surfaces adapted to engage a razor blade inserted between itself and the guard plate, one of said portions being adj acent the front edge of said clamp and the other being located rearwardly of the pivotal connection of said clamp with said plate, substantially as specified.

6. In a safety razor, the combination of a guard plate having teeth at one edge thereof and a clamp pivotally supported adjacent to said guard plate, said clamp having two portions-adapted to engage a razor blade, one portion being adapted to engage the blade adj acent to the edge thereof and the other port-ion adapted to engage the blade at the rear of the pivotal connection, substantially as specified.

7. In a safety razor, the combination of a guard-plate having at one edge thereof a plurality of teeth, and a clamp associated with said guard plate and having pivots intermediate of the front and rear, thereof, 1 said clamp having a downwardly extending flange at the rear of said pivots and having adjacent to the front edge thereof a portion adapted to engage the front edge portion of a razor blade, substantially as specified.

8. Ina safety razor, the combination of a guard plate having at one edge thereof a plurality of teeth, a clamp associated with said guard late and having pivots intermediate of the front and rear thereof, said clamp having a downwardly extending flange at the rear of said pivots and having adjacent to the front edge thereof a portion adapted to engage the front edge portion of a razor blade, and means ada ted to engage the blade and prevent dispihcement thereof by the movement of the clamp in a direction to engage the blade, substantially as specified.

9. In a safety razor, the combination of a guard late having teeth adjacent to the ront e ge thereof and an upwardly projecting flange at the rear edge thereof, lugs or clamp guartd plate having tendm of, an

ears projectin upwardly from said guard plate, and a 0 amp pivoted to said lugs or I having a front portion ada ted'to engage the edge portion of a razor b ade and a downwardly extending flange at the rear adapted to engage the upper surface of a razor blade, substantially as specified.

10. In a safety razor, the combination of a ard latehaving teeth. adjacent to the ont a ge thereof and an upwardly proiectears projecting upwardly from said guard plate, a OIQIIIPVPIVOtBd to said lugs or'ears mtermediate of the ends thereof, said clamp having affront portion adapted to engage the edge portion of a razor blade and a downwardly extending flange at the rear adapted to engage theupper surface of a razor b ade, and a screw threaded through the rear por- 11. In a safety razor, the combination of a a plurality of teeth at the and having upwardl exears carried-by o posite sides t' erea clamp pivote clamp comprising a cam edge thereo lever one end of ears intermediate of the ends thereof, said,

from, substantially as speci at the rear edge thereof, lugs or ears tially as specified.

In testimony whereof, I sign the foregoingin the presence of two Witto said ears, said which is ada ted to engage a razor blade at the rear of t e pivots of said lever and the other end adaptedto engage the ed e portion of the razor blade, said clamp aving one or more operating lugs rpjecting there- 12. In a safety razor, the combination of a uard plate havln a plurality of teeth at the ont edge thereo and having upward] extendin ears carried by opposite sides t ereof, an a clamp pivoted to said ears, said clam comprisingxa cam lever one end of whic is ada tedto engage a razor blade at the rear of the pivots of said lever and the other end adapted to engage the ed e portion of a razor blade, said clamp aving downwardly extending operating ears proj ecting from either side thereof, each of said having an angular extension, substanspecification, nesses.

- HORACE s. BUCKLPAND. Witnesses S. C. GARVER,

CrrAs. H.- GRAVES; 

